Head Shaved, Ex-Billionaire Batista Jailed in Rio de Janeiro
- Accused of corruption, Batista was put on Interpol wanted list
- ‘I’m coming back to face justice,’ Batista told reporter
Ex-Billionaire Eike Batista Jailed in Brazil
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Eike Batista, once Brazil’s wealthiest man, has been jailed for alleged corruption after returning to Rio de Janeiro on Monday.
Batista was sent to a prison in western Rio after undergoing the standard procedure of having his hair sheared, according to the state’s penitentiary authority. Police arrested him hours earlier on the tarmac of the city’s international airport as he returned from New York City. The night before, in John F. Kennedy International’s lobby, he took pictures with fellow travelers and spoke to a Globo TV journalist.